---
type: "Bill"
title: "School dropouts."
description: "School dropouts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 844"
citation: "California AB 844 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School dropouts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6e19e3b-0a1c-4a8e-8f4e-e21457602c0e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB844"
source_hash: "4622848ade8c113bd9c0053a7ecec1743450de398dccf5a935602b26a84a2598"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 844 (20012002) — School dropouts.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB844&version=20010AB84499INT)
2. **04/30/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB844&version=20010AB84498AMD)
3. **06/18/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB844&version=20010AB84497AMD)
4. **06/28/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB844&version=20010AB84496AMD)
5. **07/18/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB844&version=20010AB84495AMD)
6. **08/13/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB844&version=20010AB84493CHP)
7. **AB844** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB844)
8. **07/20/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB844&version=20010AB84494ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #19 AB844 Chan By Vasconcellos — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 2nd Reading AB844 Chan By Perata Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 844 Chan Concurrence in Senate Amendments Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 844 Chan Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chan — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-08-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 187, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-08-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2001-07-20** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2943.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-19** Read second time. To third reading. Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2116.) `reading-2, reading-1, reading-3, passage`
- **2001-07-18** Action rescinded whereby urgency clause was adopted, bill read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-17** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2001-07-16** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2001-07-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-05** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1855.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-28** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2040.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6e19e3b-0a1c-4a8e-8f4e-e21457602c0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).